What the records say
- When
- 28 Feb 1268
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 59.35° N, 26.35° E
- Description
- battle fought on February 18, 1268
Battle of Wesenberg (1268)
Part of the Northern Crusades
The Battle of Wesenberg, Rakvere, or Rakovor, was fought on 18 February 1268 between the combined forces of Danish Estonia, the Bishopric of Dorpat, the Livonian Order, and local Estonian militias on one side, and the combined Russian forces of Novgorod and Pskov, led by Dmitry of Pereslavl, on the other. Medieval accounts of the battle vary, with both sides claiming victory.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Rakvere: The Livonian Order is defeated by Dovmont of Pskov”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Russen besiegen eine deutsch-dänische Armee in der Schlacht bei Wesenberg und stoppen damit weitere Expansionsversuche”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page